"What can I say? There's a big debate on Five Live and for me as an overall football person, I understand the travelling you've got to do and the expense you've got. I fully respect that and I want to give you value for money."

Holloway had the last laugh on Brentford fans, who chanted 'you're getting sacked in the morning' and wished his own club's supporters had stayed to see the turnaround.

"All I'm trying to say is I wish you'd seen the change - how the gloating turned to pain and we inflicted that and I wanted you to see that," he added.

"So I apologise if that's how you feel. It wasn't meant that way. If you can't forgive me what can I do?

"I'm saying you're a supporter and I need your support and my team needs your support. Thanks for coming, you missed one hell of a moment."